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UK
/ɪnˈɪʃəl/
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[ US /ˌɪˈnɪʃəɫ/ ]
[ US /ˌɪˈnɪʃəɫ/ ]
VERB
- mark with one's initials
ADJECTIVE
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occurring at the beginning
took the initial step toward reconciliation
NOUN
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the first letter of a word (especially a person's name)
he refused to put the initials FRS after his name
How To Use initial In A Sentence
- A bit of background about me - I do hardware, firmware, and driver development by profession, so I think I'm qualified to provide a guess as to what and where it went wrong: for any computer, there's the initial "bootloader," which is what we commonly refer to as Discussions: Message List - root
- Receiving the round initial in the third quarter, the Rams would put together the 10-play, 61-yard expostulate immoderate 5 mins as great as finishing it off with the 6-yard TD pass from Stefkovich to So, TE, Joe Migliarese (Blue Bell, Pa.) to tighten the measure to twenty-nine twenty-eight TU. Archive 2009-12-01
- When alive, the spiders kept on the gaster-only diet initially grew but then shriveled, while those eating the head, legs and thoraces thrived, with some tripling their weight. Why Spiders Always Devour Ants Head First | Impact Lab
- Initially von Leeb, using troops borrowed from von Bock, was able to mount a concerted attack both on the defensive positions of the southern suburbs and the area north of the main rail line to Moscow, their objective being the historic village now a suburb of Schlüsselburg, right on Lake Ladoga. Deathride
- A series of offensives in early 1918 achieved initial success but ultimately failed to break the Allied line, and by summer, with the Americans coming in droves, the tide of the war had turned irreversibly against the Central Powers. How Wars end
- The RAM has a first location for storing the data signal and a second location for storing the initialization status indicator.
- But the initial reason was unascertained and needed further investigation, particularly a toxicology report. Times, Sunday Times
- Received telemetry data confirmed the initial phases of the mission to be nominal.
- Rather than selling direct to pet owners, they initially tried the wholesale route. Times, Sunday Times
- This includes advice, guidance and initial financial assistance where appropriate up to a limit of £5,000 per person.